Holmes of Kyoto is a 12-episode anime that aired in July 2018. I became interested in it because I like Sherlock Holmes, but Holmes in this anime is pretty different from Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is knowledgeable on antiques, but his personality is different from Sherlock Holmes.
Synopsis: Mashiro Aoi walks into an antique shop in Kyoto. There she meets Yagashira Kiyotaka, nicknamed “Holmes,” and she starts working there with him. Together, they solve cases related to antiques and artwork.
The cases are not like those in Detective Conan, which I thought this was cool because they were doing their own thing with it. The cases are about antique counterfeits and art thieves, which isn’t super interesting. Some anibloggers critiqued the show from the start by saying it was unimaginative, and it did get boring. It seemed that every episode progressively became more uneventful so I dropped it.
I genuinely enjoyed this anime in the beginning. I was learning about Japanese antiques, history and festivals so I thought it was informative yet pleasant to watch. I dropped it after watching episode 6.
I dropped it around the same time you seemed to. While I wasn’t thrilled with it, I kind of thought maybe they’d do something interesting with the set up and I did enjoy when they taught us a bit about Kyoto and antiques. However, it just wasn’t enough and it progressively got less and less interesting.
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Yeah! I know what you mean. It got less and less interesting to the point where the educational piece to it was beginning to seem like a chore to watch. 😦
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I haven’t finished this yet, and to hear that it’s not like an actual Sherlockian narrative as it moves forward makes me less likely to pick it up. But my love of art and history may drive me back into it. Who knows lol. Thanks for this lovely review! Hoping your next anime will be much better! ♥
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Right, it doesn’t really do the case solving thing which was disappointing. Oh, it would be interesting to know how things go if you go back to it. Maybe it will be good, or maybe it will be a waste of time. Thank you! I’m currently watching Erased which is amazing!!
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Yes, Erased is amazing! I’m going to be re-watching the live-action so I can do a proper review for it. 🙂 I meant to a long time ago, but got distracted with other projects. Oops, lol.
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The live-action was so well done. OMG, I am so excited to read your blog post!!!
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You made it farther than I did. I was really interested but I didn’t get past episode 2.
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Wow, an early drop!! Fair enough. 🙂
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I remember seeing the cover in July, and skipping over it. So far the best sherlock esq a nine I’ve seen is lovely bones
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I’ve * not nine 😅
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You didn’t miss much for skipping over it. 🙂
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I didn’t like it much either and couldn’t see getting past the first episode. Life is too short for mediocre anime. I guess great minds drop shows alike?
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Yes, I agree! Life is really too short for mediocre anime. That’s really well said.
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